Teresa Villaverde

Biography

Teresa Villaverde is a Portuguese screenwriter, director, and producer, born in Lisbon in 1966.

She began her artistic career as co-writer and co-director of a stage production with the Theatre Group of the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon.

Her films have won numerous awards and have been the focus of retrospectives and critical study worldwide — including the Centre Pompidou (France, 2019) and Fundação de Serralves (Portugal, 2019) — as well as complete retrospectives at festivals and cinematheques in Italy, Spain, Croatia, Switzerland, South Korea, and Portugal.

She is frequently invited to teach in Portugal and abroad.

Her work has premiered at the world’s leading festivals, including Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.

Known For

O Capacete Dourado

Enfermeira

Hovering Over the Water

Rosa

Two Brothers, My Sister

Voice of the Teacher (voice)

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

Acts of Cinema

Lei

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2018	Acts of Cinema
2007	O Capacete Dourado	Enfermeira
2002	Lei
1994	Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994	Two Brothers, My Sister	Voice of the Teacher (voice)
1993	Hovering Over the Water	Rosa

Year	TV Show	Role